The Ex and Her Riches

Chapter 184

He had asked Swain to hurry back to the training facility and find Yohannes, but Swain had yet to return.

Maverick knew his own body, and he probably wouldn’t be able to hold on until Gwendolyn came home from dinner.

Is this really how I’m going to die?

He was unwilling to accept it, yet he was powerless to change it.

As of now, he did not even have the strength to write a farewell letter.

Earlier, that had been the first time Gwendolyn had hugged him since the divorce.

No, she wasn’t hugging me. She was only patting my head.

Charles was right. In the end, Gwendolyn saw Maverick as nothing more than a pet.

She no longer loved him.

As Maverick pondered on this, his consciousness gradually grew hazy, and there were black spots in his vision.

“Gwendolyn…”

I’ll give you my life, Gwendolyn, but can you give me your love in return?

Resigned to his fate, he closed his eyes and let his arms hang limply at his sides. He looked serene.

All was tranquil around him.

Apart from the curtains rustling in the breeze, the only other noise in the room was the sound of blood dripping from his fingertips onto the floor, one drop at a time.

In the car, Gwendolyn suddenly felt a sharp, intense pain in her heart.

She pressed a hand to her chest, her delicate face turning pale from the pain.

Charles noticed that something was off with her and quickly asked, “Gwen, what’s wrong? Are you unwell?”

He leaned forward, wanting to help her.

him. After taking a few deep breaths, she

feel pain in my chest all of

and the pain this time was

haven’t been sleeping well for the last couple of days. Anyway, it’ll

spoke, a faint, icy

darkened gaze and continued

Gwendolyn was not listening to him

she found herself thinking about how pale and sickly Maverick

been acting

me all those odd questions, such

sounded like a dying patient who could

more Gwendolyn delved into her thoughts, the

grabbed her by the wrist before she left the house earlier

not a simple man. There may be secrets behind him that could be extremely

choice of

he had used the words “in the future” to exclude himself from any future

weakness that he couldn’t hide, and the way he had

breath hitched, and she shouted at Charles’

wrong, Gwen?” Charles

the car door. “Something urgent came up. I’m afraid I won’t be able to make it to the dinner tonight. Let’s do it

“Gwen—”

when Gwendolyn

in the Bay Hill villa area, there were no taxis waiting by the roadside. After getting out of

and Justin caught

not move even after Gwendolyn left; it

glanced into the rearview mirror and watched as Gwendolyn frantically ran back to Bay Villa. At that moment, his expression

had only just left Bay Villa when Nico once again confidently entered

William, and Quinton emerged from the

rubbed his hands together excitedly. “Nico, you won a whole month’s worth of salary from me the last time. Today, I’m going to win it all back,

serious. “I’m not here to

other two

air, and the three men immediately felt a sharp pain in the back of their necks. In an instant, their eyes rolled back into their heads, and they fell to

at the three motionless figures on the ground impassively. As it turned out, tranquilizing them was much quicker and

the shadows. “Nico, we can’t just leave them lying here, can we? Where should we hide them for the

glanced at the three unconscious men on the ground, cupped his hands around his lips, and whistled a bird-like

but there was still no sound or movement within

was off. “Never mind. Let’s go and check

it down, but he was worried he would not be able to explain himself to Gwendolyn after this. In

second-floor bedroom only to find Maverick lying on the chaise lounge. The pool of crimson blood on the floor was particularly

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